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A. T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
This program was established in 1983 in memory of chemical engineer and visionary mentor A.T. Anderson (Mohawk), a former consultant to the U.S. Congress on American Indian Affairs, one of AISES’ six founders, and AISES’ first Executive Director.
The A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship is AISES’ largest scholarship program. Administered by AISES, this program scholarships to college students pursuing degrees in the sciences, engineering, medicine, natural resources, and math. $100,000 in scholarships were awarded to 85 students in 2009. The students are selected based on exceptional academic merit and leadership.Number Awarded: Duration: 1 year.Deadline: June 15, annually.

A.W. Bodine-Sunkist Memorial Scholarship
Renewable award for undergraduate study for applicants whose family derives most
of its income from the agriculture industry in Arizona or California.Number Awarded: Duration: 1 year.Deadline: No Later than April 30

AACN Critical Care Research Grant
To provide funding to members of AACN who wish to conduct research on the context within which their critical care nursing takes place.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: Deadline: January of each year.

AACN Distinguished Research Lectureship Award
To recognize and reward a researcher who presents the annual Distinguished Research Lecture at the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition of AACN.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: Annually.Deadline: October of each year.

AANA Educational Loan Fund
Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, an R.N., a member of AANA, have completed at least 12 months of an
anesthesia program, show need, and submit a letter of recommendation. A loan is available to those
students incurring sudden need while enrolled in a nurse anesthesia program.Number Awarded: Duration: Deadline:

AANA Research Grants
To provide funding to members of AANA who are interested in conducting research.Number Awarded: Varies each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: March, June, or November of each year.

AANA Research Scholars Grant
To provide funding to members of AANA who are interested in conducting research on quality care provided by nurse anesthetists.Number Awarded: 1 or 2 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: December of each year.

AANP Doctoral Education NP Scholarship
To provide financial assistance to members of the American
Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) who are pursuing a doctoral
degree.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

AANP Foundation Post-M.S. NP Student
Scholarship
To provide financial assistance to members of
the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
who are pursuing post-master's degree study.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

AAOHN Foundation Grants and Scholarships
To provide funding to RNs interested in conducting research on occupational and environmental health nursing.Number Awarded: Varies each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: January of each year.

Abbie Sargent Memorial Scholarship
Annual awards for New Hampshire residents who are undergraduate or graduate students. Preference is given to students majoring in Agricultural related studies, including Home Economics, Agribusiness, Horticulture, Veterinary Medicine, and Animal Science. Applicants must be graduates of an approved public or private high school, have average or better grades, have financial need and be dependable and show acceptance of responsibility. Renewable.Number Awarded: 3 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: March of each year.

Academic Career Awards
To provide financial support to postdoctorates interested in introducing or improving curriculum in a particular scientific field as a means of enhancing th educational or research capacity at the grantee institution.Number Awarded: Varies each year.Duration: 2 to 5 years.Deadline: January, May, or September of each year.

Academic Research Enhancement Award
To stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate training for a significant number of American research scientists but that have not been major participants in NIH programs.Number Awarded: Varies each year.Duration: Up to 36 months.Deadline: January, May, or September of each year.

ACMPE Scholarships
Open to graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in a program leading to a
degree in medicine or health sciences. Send self-addressed, stamped envelope
to receive applicationNumber Awarded: Duration: 1 year.Deadline: May 1

Adolph Van Pelt Scholarships
To provide financial assistance to Native American students interested in post-secondary education.
Complete application with essay (1 to 2 pages, describing educational goals), budget of education costs and resources.
Initial awards ranges from $500 to $800 per year. For each year the grant is renewed, $100 is added to the scholarship. Funds are paid directly to accredited educational institutions to be used for tuition, books, and other academic-related expensesNumber Awarded: VariesDuration: 1 year.Deadline: May 1

Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse of the Year Award
The candidate must be an AOCN who has demonstrated accomplishments in 3 major areas: 1) promotion of oncology nursing certification; 2) service; and 3) at least 2 areas of advanced oncology nursing practice.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: Annually.Deadline: December 1 of each year.

AFSA National Scholarship Essay Contest
The AFSA Scholarship Contest is open to high school seniors who plan to further
their education at a college, university or certified trade school. You must write a
700 to 1,000 on the history and impact of automatic fire sprinklers to be considered
for this award.Number Awarded: Duration: 1 year.Deadline:

Agnes Ripple Adams Scholarship
Awards are available at the University of New Mexico for full-time nursing students with a minimum GPA of 2.5 and financial need. Write to the address below or contact the school of nursing for more details.Deadline: March of each year.

AHNA Research Grants
To provide funding for research to members of AHNA.Number Awarded: 1 or more each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: April of each year.

AHRQ Research Grants
To provide financial assistance to doctoral candidates engaged in research for a dissertation that examines some aspect of the health care system.Number Awarded: Up to 30 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: January, May, or September of each year.

Aiea General Hospital Association Scholarship
Applicants to these scholarships must be majoring in a health-related field and must be
a resident of these Leeward Oahu zip code areas: 96701, 96706, 96707, 96782, 96792,
or 96797. New applicants must be undergraduates. To be eligible for Hawaii Community
Foundation Scholarships, you must: be a resident of the state of Hawaii; demonstrate
financial need; plan to attend an accredited two- or four-year college or university as either
an undergraduate or graduate student; be a full-time student (12 credits undergraduate;
9 credits graduate); demonstrate academic achievement; and demonstrate good moral
character. Visit the web site for an application.Number Awarded: Duration: Deadline: Feb 18

Air Force 2 Year Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled/admitted to this institution. Applicant is required to have a GPA of 2.65 in science, technical or nursing disciplines, GPA of 3.0 required in non-technical disciplines.Deadline: None.

Air Force 3 Year Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled/admitted to this institution. Applicant is required to have a GPA of 2.65 in science, technical or nursing disciplines, GPA 3.0 required in non-technical disciplines.Deadline: None.

Airman Education and Commissioning
Program
To allow selected enlisted Air Force personnel to
earn a bachelor's degree in approved majors by providing
financial assistance for full-time college study.Number Awarded: 35 each year.Duration: Until completion of a bachelor's degree, or up to
3 years (whichever is sooner).Deadline: Applications must be submitted to the base
education service officer, who must forward
them by the middle of January of each year.

Alabama Nursing Scholarship Program
To provide scholarship/loans to Alabama residents
interested in preparing for a nursing career.Duration: 1 year; may be renewed.Deadline: Vary by institution.

Alabama Scholarship Program
Open to residents of the general areas of Albertvill, Ashland, Blountsville, Gadsden,
Heflin, or Oxford Alabama, who are US citizens and who live in the vicinity of a Tyson's
facility. Renewable!Duration: 1 year; renewable.Deadline: March of each year.

Alabama State Nurses' Educational Loan Program
To loan money to registered nurses in Alabama
who are working to complete advanced nursing programs.Number Awarded: Several each year.Duration: The pay-back period begins on the date of graduation or within no more than 4 years from the date of the loan, whichever comes first. No repayment is required during the first 6 months of the pay-back period. Any payments made during this period are interest free. Beginning with the seventh month, the interest is charged at 8 percent.Deadline:

Alabama State Nursing Scholarship
This $600 scholarship is available only to Alabama residents who have been admitted to and are currently attending clinical nursing courses with a 2.5 grade point average or higher in the School of Nursing undergraduate program. A student receiving these funds must plan to work within the state of Alabama for at least one year immediately after graduation. If the student does not work within the state, these funds become a loan and must be repaid. The UAB Financial Aid Office administers this scholarship.Number Awarded: 1Duration: 1 yearDeadline: February 1

Albert Baker Fund
Open to earnest students of Christian Science who are members of the Mother Church,
academically sound, and attending (or have been accepted by) an accredited college,
university, or vocational school, or be enrolled in Christian Science nurses' training.
Recipients need an adult cosigner (spouses do not qualify) on their loans. Selection is
based upon application, interview, and financial need.Number Awarded: Duration: Deadline: August 1

Albert W. Dent Student Scholarship
The Albert W. Dent Student Scholarship was established to:Provide financial aid and increase the
enrollment of minority students in healthcare management graduate programs. (Minority qualification is
based on the definition by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.) Encourage students—through
structured, formalized study—to obtain positions in middle and upper levels of healthcare management.
You are eligible to apply for an Albert W. Dent Student Scholarship if you meet all of the following
criteria: You are a Student Associate of the American College of Healthcare Executives and are in good
standing. You are a minority student who is enrolled for full-time study for the upcoming fall term, which
is your final year in a healthcare management graduate program. You can demonstrate financial need. You
are a U.S. or Canadian citizen.Number Awarded: Duration: 1 year.Deadline: Between January and March each year

ALCOA Foundation Academic
Scholarship
To provide financial assistance to registered
nurses who are pursuing a bachelor's or graduate degree to
prepare for a career in occupational and environmental health.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year; may be renewed up to 2 additional years.Deadline: November of each year.

Alice Fisher Society Historical Scholarship
To support graduate research to be conducted at the Center for the Study of the History of Nursing in Philadelphia.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 4 to 6 weeks.Deadline: December of each year.

Alice Newell Joslyn Medical Fund
Open to all latino students who live in or attend college in San Diego County, CA., at time of
application.For high school seniors and thus already in college pursuing undergraduate or graduate
education. Send SASE for application.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: March of each year.

Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year; may be renewed.Deadline: Feb 1 of each year

Allied Health to BSN Scholarship
To provide financial assistance to allied health providers
interested in working on a bachelor's degree in nursing.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: July of each year.

Aloha Scholarship
To provide financial assistance for nursing education
to children or grandchildren of Montana members of the
American Legion Auxiliary.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline:

Alumni PRN Grant
To provide financial assistance for graduate education
in nursing to members of Alpha Tau Delta (the national
fraternity for professional nurses).Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: May of each year.

Amarillo Area Foundation Scholarships
To provide financial assistance to currently-enrolled college students from selected northern counties in Texas who are majoring in nursing or a medical field.Number Awarded: Duration: 1 year.Deadline: March of each year.

American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Scholarships are awarded to occupational health nurses to be used towards a baccalaureate, masters or doctoral degree program in nursing. Candidates must be currently enrolled in an NLN-accredited program.Number Awarded: Duration: Deadline:

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
Award for dependents of American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees members. Must
be a high school senior planning to pursue post-secondary education at a four-year institution. Submit proof of parent's membership. Transcript and essay must accompany application. Renewable award of $2000.Duration: 4 years.Deadline: January of each year.

American Indian Nurse Scholarship Award
The American Indian Nurse Scholarship Award Program was started by The National Society in 1927 to give students of American Indian descent the opportunity to pursue careers in nursing. The students are expected to return to work among their people to help improve health care. Some students work on reservations, and others find employment in hospitals in areas largely populated by American Indians. Intended originally to benefit females only, the program has expanded to include males and the career goals now include not only nursing careers, but jobs in health care and health education, as well.Number Awarded: Duration: every semesterDeadline:

American Legion Auxiliary National President's Scholarships
Ten merit awards for senior high school students who are children of veterans who served during WWI,
WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Lebanon, or Persian Gulf wars. The essay title changes yearly. Submit application to local chapter president. One time awards of $2500.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: March of each year.

American Legion Scholarship-Ohio
For descendants of Ohio Legionnaires only. Non-renewable award for full-time study only. Must rank in
upper third of class or have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Must include descendancy proofs. Deadline: April 15.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: April of each year.

American Legion-Massachusetts Scholarship
Applicant must be the child or grandchild of a Department of Massachusetts Legion member in good standing. One award is for nursing only.Deadline: April of each year.

American Nephrology Nurses' Association
The ANNA offers scholarships and fellowships in support of individuals in pursuit of baccalaureate and advanced degrees in nursing and dedicated to contributing to the renal community.

American Regent Career Mobility
Scholarship
To provide financial assistance to members of the
American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) who
are interested in pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

American School Health Association
Scholarships
To provide financial assistance to undergraduate and
graduate students interested in preparing for a career
in school health.Number Awarded: 3 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: April of each year.

ANA Clinical Research Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, be a member of an ethnic/ racial minority, demonstrate a commitment to a career in research related to ethnic or racial minority group, be a registered nurse, a member of ANA, and have a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing or closely related field.Number Awarded: Duration: Deadline: January of each year.

ANA Clinical Training Fellowship
Applicant must be enrolled full-time in a National League for Nursing accredited school and be interested
in a career serving the minority population. Recipient must engage in biomedical, behavioral research or
teaching for the same length of time as support is given.Number Awarded: Duration: Deadline: January of each year.

ANNA Clinical Practice Award
To recognize and reward excellence in clinical practice by members of ANNA.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: Annually.Deadline: October of each year.

ANNA Clinical Practice Grants
To provide funding to qualified members of ANNA who are interested in conducting small clinical research projects that will directly benefit staff, patients, and/or families.Number Awarded: 10 each year.Duration: Annually.Deadline: October of each year.

ANNA Foundation Career Mobility
Scholarships
To support members of the American Nephrology
Nurses' Association (ANNA) who are interested in
pursuing a nursing degree.Number Awarded: 4 for a baccalaureate degree and 4 for
either a B.S.N. or other advanced nursing degree.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

ANNA Foundation Research Grants
To provide funding to established researchers who are members of ANNA.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

ANNA Foundation/AMGEN Career Mobility
Scholarship
To provide financial assistance to members of the
American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) who
are interested in pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

ANNA Rehabilitation Award
To recognize and reward members of ANNA who have made outstanding contributions to renal rehabilitation.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: Annually.Deadline: October of each year.

ANNA/Sigma Theta Tau Grant
To provide funding to established researchers who are members of ANNA.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

Annette Frauman Scholarship for
Advanced Practice Education
To provide financial assistance to members of the
American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) who
are interested in pursuing an advanced practice degree in nursing.Number Awarded: 1 each year.Duration: 1 year; may be renewed 1 additional year.Deadline: October of each year.

AORN Academic Scholarship Program
To assist a nursing student complete their educational requirements and join the nursing
eye care field. RN
Applicants shall be a member of AORN in good standing. Membership must be maintained continuously
for 12 months prior to the June 30th application deadline and throughout the funding period. Membership is
considered lapsed if full dues are not received at AORN Headquarters by the last day of the renewal month. A cumulative 3.0 GPA average is required and must be maintained for RN members. Student nurse applicants must submit proof of acceptance or enrollment in a NLNAC or CCNE program at an accredited institution. RN member nurses must be enrolled in an appropriate accredited institution for higher education. Applicant is responsible for submitting all materials, including application form, transcripts, resume or CV, personal statement and three letters of endorsement.Number Awarded: Duration: 1 year.Deadline: July of each year. Application availiable Jan 1 of each year.

AORN Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Scholarship Program
A number of scholarships are available. Awarded on the basis of scholastic merit and financial need. Preference given to applicants interested in the OR. Scholarships awarded for nursing studies only for nursing students. Additional scholarships available to current RN licensed AORN members seeking advanced degrees in related fields. Scholarships provide funds for tuition, related fees, and books only. Scholarships are paid out at the end of the academic year, provided recipient complies with criteria. Only scholarship winners are notified by the end of August.Number Awarded: Duration: Deadline: May 1

AQHF Education or Nursing Scholarship
Must be current member of AQHA or AQHYA and pursuing a career in education or nursing. Recipient receives $2500 per year for four years. Minimum 2.5 GPA required.Number Awarded: 1Duration: 1 year.Deadline: February 1 of each year, must be renewed.

Archie Vinitsky Scholarship for ET
Nursing and Community Outreach
To provide funding for training to registered
nurses who are members of the United Ostomy Association.Number Awarded: Varies each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: March of each year for programs that start
from April through June; June of each year
for programs that start from July through
September; September of each year for
programs that start from October through
December; December of each year for programs
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Arkansas Nurses Foundation
Scholarship
To provide financial assistance for graduate nursing education
to current members of the Arkansas Nurses Association.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: April of each year.

Arthur M. Miller Fund Scholarship
Scholarship for Kansas residents for the study of medicine or related fields at accredited institutions.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: April of each year.

ASPAN Degree Scholarship
To provide financial assistance for additional education to
members of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
(ASPAN).Number Awarded: At least 2 each year.Duration: 1 year; recipients may not apply for additional funding
until 3 years have elapsed.Deadline: June of each year.

Associate Degree Nursing Pilot
Scholarship Program
To provide forgivable loans to associate degree nursing
students in California who are demographically underrepresented,
economically disadvantaged, and willing to practice in a
medically underserved area of the state.Duration: 1 year; may be renewed.Deadline: March or September of each year.

ASTRA USA Research Award
To provide funding to members of NASN who are interested in conducting research on a school nursing issue.Number Awarded: 1 or more each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: January of each year.

Aventis Pharmaceuticals NP Student
Scholarships
To provide financial assistance to members of the American
Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) who are pursuing
a master's degree.Number Awarded: 3 each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: October of each year.

Aventis Pharmaceuticals Research Grants
To provide funding to graduate students and professionals interested in conducting research on thrombosis.Number Awarded: 1 or more each year.Duration: 1 year.Deadline: January of each year.

CampusRN members are students/alumni of the following Nevada schools (partial list):

Community College of Southern Nevada
Great Basin College
Nevada State College

Touro University Nevada
Truckee Meadows Community College
University of Nevada, Las Vegas